Just curious, In the optional direction slalom, what line do you feel was fastest ? It seemed to me, taking the inside line on the first cone allowed you to eliminate an extra turn, but required a ti
I tried both, although I did the outside line by accident on my third run (came into the slalom too hot). I thought starting the slalom on the inside was quicker because it gave me a better line into
I went inside-out-in and clicked off 1/2 second on every run. First time I saw a "choose your own direction" slalom and thought it was great. Heck of a course and the Neon really seemed to like it. p
They were both optional. I believe inside on both was best. The rest of my remarks assume that you meant the first slalom. That line wasn't really tight due to the corner opening up quite a bit. See
Message text written by "Watson, Mark" "Just curious, In the optional direction slalom, what line do you feel was fastest ? It seemed to me, taking the inside line on the first cone allowed you to el
Message text written by INTERNET:Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com "I know there's a strong contingent that disapproves of optional slaloms - the most common expression I hear is "guessing game". I never loo
Message text written by Rich Urschel "The second slalom appeared to have had pointer cones added sometime during the day. Rich" -- End Original Message -- Yep. Wonder why that happend? --John Kelly
Hey, I resemble that remark! ;) But seriously, on my very first autox run ever, I completely missed a slalom. It was called in, however. And where and when was this event? Stockton, CA, November 1997
Find a tall enough cliff and you can do anything... =P Sorry for the delay on the video this time, but my fast net connection is down, and I'm not uploading 90MB of stuff at 28.8k. Hopefully I'll ha
My car owner (Mark Searles... Turnabout IS fairplay!) and I decided to each try it (the first slalom) differently on our first runs, and agreed that starting the second slalom to the left of the firs
slaloms? i thought when the chalk lines stopped that meant to lose control and spin out. how did i do on style points? -James Creasy President, BAPOC www.klio.net/probe FFR Cobra #1630 www.klio.net/c
To all, I beg differ about the optional direction slalom, as in the first paragraph, i had to figure out the slaloms to go fast, isn't that the best way to learn about an auto-x course? if you think
Author: "Donald R McKenna" <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 06:46:51 -0700
Downshifted? After running, Chris cox and I discussed the fact that we were "bogged" a couple of places on the course --in low gear. Never hit the rev-limiter anywhere. Don
-- Donald R McKenna <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net> So I guess that big ol' LT4 motor doesn't have much low end? If you think you were bogging, you shoulda tried those last two turns (and the hard rig